so there is no obama care doctor. there is no obama care insurance. instead, the law creates rules to protect americans against insurance companies using unfair practices. so the law prevents companies from discriminating against sick people, and from cancelling your health care as soon as you get sick. that's federal law today, applying to everyone. and that's a good thing. second, obama care does not create a new government health care service. it builds on programs that already work. so it adds some benefits to medicare, like preventive services and prescription drugs. and it offers money to states so they can expand medicaid. that's key. many americans are uninsured, because they're simply too poor to buy health insurance. obama care tackles that by offering medicaid funding for those people, whom the law defines as families of four living on 600 bucks a week or less. usually a lot less. so that's now happening in 26 states with about 400,000 more people getting covered. and that expanded coverage brings us to the final thing people don't seem to